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JOHN SCOTT, sole Lgent TIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DWI be had Every Evening of G. It. GLEN I 1 NEWS AGENT, No. I, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Cam DAN.—Morning, sh. 18m.—Afternoon, sh. 44m , Co-K08.8.0w.-Morning, 6h. Bm,—Afternoon, 6h. 88m. t ..) ,, *.p * 011111 i rrnite Lig 40-Nt=zUl-11-31,,, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 1864. The names of Cyprus and of Circassia have long been celebrated in Eastern romance and European poetry. They are alike familiar to the young en.. thusiast who takes his first view of the affairs of this troublesome world through the rosy medium of Illation, and though fir enough part, and very diS rent in their climate, scenery, and population, they both form part of those scenes of an elder world to whose names still attaches a traditionary beauty and tenderness which the present has long outlived. At this moment, however, the interest attaching to the conjunction of Circassia and Cyprus is of a very painful nature, and the chilly tempera, ture of these opening November eays may quicken our sympathy:for their wretchedness. A brave and hardy people, they have fought resolutely for th e i r liberties, they have resisted the encroachments and the tyranny of Russia, according to the fashion of the day, totally unaided by any stronger Powers. The game of Might against It'ght ended, as it too often does in this world, in their total discomfiture, and it only remained for the paternal Goverment of Russia to fulfil its benevolent intentions towards them by driving them to wholesale expatriation. Tney started for the Turkish d om i n ions, and the wretchedness of that journey was bat feebly pour trayed by the casual reports that reached U 3 in this country: Yet what we learned was bad enough. Men, women, sick and aged persona, and children of tender years, set out on their miserable progress, and very soon the weaker ones succumbed to the want of the common necessaries of life. Exposed to the severest privations in bitter weather, and undergoing great exertion, coupled to the depressing influence of their terrible position, it is ro great wonder that death and disease should speedily thin the ranks of the poor wayfarers. From an account just published in the Levan', Herald, it seems the end of their journey was not much better than the beginning. At the beginning of October the port of Larnec3, in Cyprus, was startled by the appears once of three small brigs, of about 200 tons each, which were towed by a Greek steamer, and laden with Circassian emigrants. It was said that nearly three thousand beings were crowded on board these small vessels, and great alarm was in consequence excited. The masters of the vessels, for some un explained cause, gave out that their unfortunate passengers were desperate characters, and very soon it got bruited about that they were fully armed. The arrival of two or three thousand dangerous per sons, of whom a large proportion were armed men, certainly seemed enough to amuse the apprehen sions of a quiet population with only a few un trained soldiers to defend them. o:her persons expressed their fears that the arrival of such a large body of sick and dying persons would effect the health of the town, and this was much nearer the truth, though, happily, none of the catastrophes anticipated have as yet occurred. Why the masters of the vessels should have made matters so mach worse than enough is not easy to guess, but the consequence was that all the thoughts of the inhabitants of Larnaca were for themselves and their own safety. They shut the shops and rushed to the authorities, entreating that the emigrants be forbidden to land until the next day, when the Governor was expected. The Consuls supported the re vest, which was granted, but two lighters were nevertheless descried making for the shore. The people armed themselves with stones and other wissiles to resist their landing, but happily all was changed by a person going out in a boat to meet the lighters, and persuade them to return. The master of the ship which they had left would not again receive the emigrants, but the visitor from Cyprus had seen enough to undeceive the terrified people. Those poor travellers, who hod excited so much alarm, were in such a reduced condition that many of them had died from want of water, while there was plenty in the ship. For three days they had received none, and their weakness and helplessness was so great that they could not get it for themselves. Of the 2,700. souls who started with these ships only 1,344 landed at Larnaca, and of these forty or fifty died daily after their arrival. The shore meanwhile is strewed with the dead bodies of those who had been thrown overboard on their passage, and it is more than suspected that many of them went over alive. Some of these unfortunate emigrants had money about them, and it is thought that those in charge were not unwilling to make sure of their decease while they were their sole heirs and execu tors. It is said that the air around the quarantine was poisoned with the number of corpses, and people congratulated themselves that the season was so far advanced, since in the heat of summer there would have been good reason for fearing pestilence. Great indignation is expressed at the conduct of the Constantinople commission in sending 2,700 persons a voyage of two months in such small ves sels, and the masters are also severely blamed for taking 83 many. The conduct of the latter appears to have been most inhuman throughout, and the wretched Circassians will think the tender mercies 3f the Russians can b 3 matched elsevvhcre. But while the EMFEROB. of ALL the 1113881 AS is taking his pleaeure on the Continent, and meeting every where with the respect and eager attention so great a potentate deserves, he will do well to remember that the sin and the wretchedness of this Circassian tragedy lie at his door, and that not all the thunders of despotic authority,or the flattery of a sycophantic retinue, can shift from him the weight of that ter. rible responsibility. Mr. FERRAND cannot complain, at all events, that he had no one to hear him, for the crowd was so great that he himself could not get in for some time. The hon. member's remarks are always worth listening to, and those who may dissent from some of his extreme views may still admire his zeal and earnestness in advocating his opinions. On Thursday evening he delivered a long address to his constituents, which appeared to give them satis faction. By this time pubro affairs have been so often reviewed that it seems like going over the same ground to peruse the speeches of hon. mem bers on the subject, but it must be allowed th a in this address, at Devonport, there was plenty of animation to give effect to the statement?, however well ventilated they might be. Men of Mr FER• RAND'S stamp, besides, infuse their own energy into the subject matter that they have in hand, and their particular views and individual opinions im part a character to vhat others might mix np as generalities, and treat as commonplace. Mr. FER aAND spoke in high spirits as to his successes in the cause of independence in the borough, and justly censured the spirit of exclusion, and the party tricks that had been tried so much of late. With respect to the prospects of the Ministry he was truthful, if not complimentary altogether, for he described Lord PALMERSTON as being in a "dead lock,' , and no forwarder than he was in 1858. He alluded to the worst infliction that can befal a man in public life, his large poesessions in the way of candid friends. Certainly the Premier has enough and to spare of these commo• ditics, and no apparent success can compensate for the virtual defeat that such occurrences entail. Those who remember Mr BERNAL . OSBORNE'S flashing speech the other day in which he Ilisposed of all the Cabinet in a very effective style, and also the remarks of a disparaging nature which have been so freely made in the HOLM during the last session, can subscribe to the truth of Mr FERRAND'S criticism, when he said that the noble lord was re viled, abased, and insulted by his own political supporters, and several men of groat talents and high position among their fellow countrymen were telling Lord PALMERSTON that his political conduct was a disgrace to his Cabinet and the deepest injury to his country." It must be apparent to all impar tial observers that, whereas it is the fashion among a certain set of so-called Liberals to disparage the Conservatives by proclaiming theia disunion, it is in reality upon the other side that wo witness the most disaffection. Doub- less it is in consequence of the heterogenous nature of the component parts of the Ministerial motion and its supporters, but so it is an undoubted fact, and an indisputable thing. No staunch mem ber of the Opposition can say anything half so bitter or personal against the Cabinet as we con stantly hear ennunciated by the quasi friends of the Administration. Certainly no opponent can ever come up to a candid friend or a false supporter. It is, however, entirely the fault of the Ministers themselves that they stagger under the burden of such an infliction, and are subject to such adverse influences, for they have tried to do too much—to promise ail and per'orm noth:ng. Mr. FERRAND aptly defined their 1 olicy and ex posed their tactics when he doled that they rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER- had bribed and bought over those who were danger ens, and now feeling themselves secure, as it were, they gave their professions the slip, and their plans the goeby. The hon. member turned Lord PALMERSTON'S own words against him when be said that the House bore a strong resemblance to a race-course ; in pursuing this simile he adduced as instances some of the most recusant members of tl_.e Cabinet, and declared that only flee of them could be said not to have voted." The immortal words of PEACE', Re trenchment, and Reform," which the ncble Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL proclaimed as their oriflamme, which was to lead on their followers to a policy crowned with success at home and accom panied with respect abroad, have often been made the subjects of criticism, censure, and ridicule ; and it was not to be expected that so great a master of satire as the hon. member for Davenport should neglect to avail himself of so admirable an oppore tunity of illustrating the full meaning of the tenor of his remarks, and displaying in its true colours the fair seeming and false conduct of Government. As for " peace," he said we had had one continued series of little disgraceful, cold-blooded ware ; and as to " retrenchment," the Cabinet has been involved " in gross and corrupt jobs;" and "reform," of course, offered a comprehensive field for scrutiny. If one thing more than another can justify a member of the Conservative ranks for heaping scorn and ridicule upon the present Cabinet, it is surely the manner in which they have comported them• selves about Reform, in shelving the bill of Lord DERBY'S Government, and then in shirking the question themselves. It was, as Mr. FERRAND ob served, " shameful and impudent," and Earl Rus• SELL'S conduct may well be censured so often as the theme presents itself to notice ; and he has not improved his position by acting as here graphi cally described—" obtaining a comfortable seat in the House of Lords, going amongst his Scotch Reformers, and he who said he would not desert Reform is his old age, begs the Set:del:men to rest and be thankful.'" Making allowance for the party feeling which induced Mr. FERRAND to say that had Lord DERBY'S Government remained in office we should have had " genuine peace, searching retrenchment, and efficient reform," it may truly be affirmed that in all these particulars we could not have been worse off, and might pro• bably have been better. For peace, purchased as ours is at present, is a disgrace and a calamity ; and as for home matters, no one can do better than endorse Mr OSBORNE'S statement, that we are in the Sough of despond." Mr FLEMING, the proposed Coaservet!ve candidate at the next election, made a sensible speech upon the various topic) of interest, and he very properly censured the Admiralty for the manner in which they had acted in the case of the Royal Sovereign, observing that if she were not to go to sea, they might as well test her capabid:ies of resisting shot. "It was quite as well to make a target of her as to let her rot at her moorings." It will be a just rebuke to the Guvernment if they lose another seat at the approaching election, and judging by the temper of the assembly the other evening, they stand a pretty good chance of doing so. Lancaster was.on Thursday last the scene of a mcst interesting spectacle, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Ripley Hospital. The opening of an institution of such eitent and character must always be a pleasing spectacle, but there were many reasons for regarding the occasion as one of especial interest. Mr. RIPLEY, a wealthy merchant of Liverpool, who was also a native of Lancaster, died some twelve years ego, leaving the bulk or a very considerable fortune to his widow. Mr. RIPLEY had been one of those who regard weAleh as a higher rust than a mere personal grmification, end had long cherished the idea of founding an asylum of this kind in his native town. Those intangible spectrescalled legal difficulties, however, interposed, and he ended by leaving his money to his wife — satisfied, no doubt, that she would spend it well and worthily. Mrs. RIPLEY, in accordance with what she knew to have been her husband's wishes, prepared for the erection of this magnificent in stitution soon after the means came into her hands, but before she could fulfil Ler benevolent intention she had to encounter many difficulties. A Chancery suit was brought against her on the ground of a secret trust, which happily she was able to deny, and accordingly has retained the means to persevere in the good work which has now been brought to completion: Three hundred children, 150 boys and 150 girls, are to be clothed, maintained, and educated, so as to provide them with the means of gainiog their own living, in this asylum. Orphans have a prior right, then motherless children, and lastly, the children of indigent pares is No limit of sect is imposed, the only condition being that the children should belong to Lancaster or Liverpool. There is no fear but that its kindly shelter will be always needed, and many a poor, desolate little one will have to thank its care for giv ing that start in life which is so invaluable to the young. Mrs. RIPLEY may well feel rejoiced at having been able to accomplish so vast an under taking, and Lancaster may be proud to number so admirable an institution among its trophies. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS, TO TIIE EDITOR OP TUE SUN. Sin,—According to a late well known authority, it will be necessary for some person of rank to be seriously in jured by a railway accident before the authorities will exert themselves in order to remove the cause which produced it, or to k.sen the probability of its occurrence. Daring last year the Prince of Wales, and recently the Queen, have narrowly escaped serious damage in consequence of animals straying upon the line of rails used by them respectively. The American simple and inexpensive plan of attaching an iron apparatus to the front of the engine would obviate this common danger by removing the cause. Why do not tho railway authorities adopt tha plan in Britain ? If the plan is not sufficiently complete for us, there is sufficient mechanical talent in this country to suggest and carry out an improvement. But the plan as it is answers in America, and I believe it would answer in Britain also, if fairly tried. —Yours obediently, Cult, COOKE, 4th November, 1864, THE Loss OF THE BRILLIANT.—The weather at Leith on Thursday being fine, with a calm sea, steamers and lighters were again out at the Brilliant, and succeeded in saving ft considerable portion of her cargo, found in the fore part of the ship. Parts of the machinery were also secured, together with the windlass and other fittings on deck. The after part of the vessel being partially submerged, even at low tide, not much is expected to be saved from that part of the ship ; but, should the weather remain favourable for a few days, additional portions of the cargo and parts of the machinery will be reached and brought ashore.—Scc iSM 7 n • How A " COPPERHEAD" WAS SHAVED.—The Philadelphia North American tells the following story :—" A well-known frequenter of Third-street stopped yesterday in a barber's shop close to the Forth American building, sat in a shaving chair, drew a newspaper from his pocket, and instructed the knight of the ranr to take off his beard. The barber was an African. lie simply replied, ' Yes, boss,' and produced his implements, The customer sat down. Ho was duly shaved. His face was wiped, and he arose, donned his coat and hat. How much ?' ho asked, in a dolorous voice, as he adjusted his shirt collar. 'Fif• teen cents, boss,' Why, I thought you shaved for ten cents at this shop.' Dat ar's do average, sah,' was the reply. ' Ten cents is de price of a shave in dis yer shop. You oome in here, sah, and read de news of Sheridan's victory, and your face got about six inches longer dan when you come in. If your face was like it was afore you read dat yar news ten cents was the price. When you commenced to read about do defeat of Early den your face stretched down about four inches. Dat's what makes it wurf 15 cents for der shave.' The customer couldn't restrain a grin, though he was a Copperhead, and the hit at him was made by a 'Ligger.' He laid down the fee and walked out, He was one of those gentlemen who go their length upon M'Clellan, and who of course shudder at every victory to the Union arms," LITERATURE. Harrison Ainsworth's New Romance. In the November number of Bentley's Miscellany the author of " Windsor Castle," " The Tower of London," " Old St. Paul's," " Guy Fawkes," " Saint James's, " and of how many other world famous fictions, ranging froth " Rookwood" to the " Constable of the Tower," from " Jack Shepherd' . to the " Lord Mayor of London"—begins, with all his wonted animation, a new Historical Romance ! The vivacity of Mr. Ainsworth's imagination seems in truth, to be inexhaustible. Ha has barely had time to conclude the unravelling of his last plot, when he is hard at work again " weaving the warp and weaving the woof" of another ! And still to the last, as at the first, his selection of his theme turns out, when we come to look at it, in every respect, most felicitous. His skill in choosing an incident, an epoch, or a pereonage fur particular delineation by his hand-of-cunning as that of a recognised Master among Historical Romancists, we have al ways regarded as very remarkable. It amounts, this conspicuous skill in selection, to nothing less than a gift, and a gift, too, it should be said, of a must exceptional character. Hardly can we take up tha commencement of any new serial historical romance from the hand of Harrison Ainsworth without marvelling that the subject of his choice should never have suggested itself to his predecessors in the same picturesque department of literature. And here, in the opening chapters of his new tale (half fact, half fiction) presented to the readers of Bentley's Miscellany, in the current number of that periodical, point. The wonder indeed is precisely a case in here is that the subject of Mr. Ainsworth's new historical romance has been left intact for his selection. In all history it is, as a love incident, one of the most romantic that ceuld well have been imagined. True no doubt that " Tee House of Sevea Chimneys" relates only to the adventures of Jack and Tom Smith ! but—under those soubriquets who are the historical personages referred to ? Lek Smith turns out to be the travelling name of no less interesting a historical character than King Charles the First of England, when heir apparent. Tom Smith, his Highnese'e compaeion,proving to be that luckiest, haedsomest, haughtiest of Court Fa vourites, George Villiers, Marquis and afterwards Duke of Backingham. The eeploits here adventured upon by Bebie C Jades and Steenie being none other than their renowned journey incognito to Madrid in quest of the Infanta's hand for the love-sick. Prince of Wales ! Surely—as happy a theme for a historical romance as any yet thought of—even by William Harrison Ainsworth! Surely —a marvel, now we come to think of it, a very marvel never before to have been dreamt of, as such, by any historical romancist prior to this popu lar celebrant of our public buildings and still more popular idealiser of cur highwaymen ! In the open ing instalment of his new fiction, Mr Ainsworth vouchsafes us, in the November nurate , r of Bentley, no more than a couple of chapters. Bat they are chapters, these two, most propitious, as introductory to a narration giving rare promise of enthralling interest. Even in the initial chapter, the chief personages of the tale are introduced, Here is Mr. Ainsworth's brilliant pencilling of the hero of it— CHARLES I. WHEN PRINCE OF WALES. The individual to whom these words were addressed, was a young man about two-and-twenty, whose noble linea ments and dignified deportment proclaimed him of the highest rank. In fact, he looked infinitely more like a king than the old monarch near whom he stood. His fea tures were characterised by a gravity far beyond his years, and a shade of melancholy sat upon his brow, heightening the interest inspired by his handsome and thoughtful coun tenance. His eyes were large and black, his forehead lofty and capacious, denoting the possession of a powerful intel lect, while his looks breathed taste and refinement. Mou staches and a poiated beard harmonised well with his some what lengthy visage, and his dark locks, divide] above the temples, fell down in rieglets upon the starched lace ruff encircling his throat, and which served as a frame to his comely head—a head, once seen, ntver to be forgotten. His complexion was pale, inclining to swarthiness—a hue of skin supposed to belong to one of saturnine temperament. Re was about the middle height, but held hiraslle so erect chat he seemed taller than ho was in reality. His figure was slender, but lerfecily proportioned, aaa his demeanour, as we have intimated, full of grace and majesty. His habiliments were of white velvet, and became him well, the doublet and hose being puffed with azure and the mantle lined with the same stuff. His sole ornament was the diamond star upon his cloak, And—as a companion picture to the foregoin g —take the following yet more highly elaborated sketch of— THE FAVOURITE-BUCKINGHAM. The prince's companion was likewise very handsome— hansomer, indeed, than the prince —but he lacked the dig nity of manner and singularly high-bred look that dis tinguished Charles. He was in the prime of manhood, being the prince's senior by about eight or nine years, and possessed a figure of um quailed synametry. 'Well-favoured, however, as he was in form and feature, his haughty man ner marred the effect of his good looks. His magnificent person needed no embellishment, yet his attire was splendid, his pink satin doublet and hose being covered with gems, while chains of largo orient pearls hung from his neck down t o hi s ver y girdle, which was likewise encrusted with precious genes. To the extraordinary personal advantages we have described, George Villiers, Marquis of Buckingham— for he it was--added great accomplishments, mental as well as bodily. Clear-sighted, keen-witted, eloquent, and if not learned or profound, he had art enough to hide his defi ciencies. Ho was export in all manly exercises; rode better than any one at court, won all the priz:s a t th e tilt- yar d, and danced more gracefully than Sir Walt er R a l e i g h. Seven years ago, on his first a ppearance at court, where ho was introduced as a rival to the then reigning favourite, Carr, Earl of Somerset, young Villiera's remarkable graces of person and captivating manner at once attracted the king's notice, and his rise was incredibly rapid. Favours were lavished upon him by the infatuated monarch; he was en nobled, and eventually raised to the highest posts in the state. To enumerate all the important offices with which he had been gratified by his doting master would be tedious, but it may be mentioned, in order to gi ve an idea of his power and greatness at the period in question, that he was Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Constable of the Castle of Dover and of the royal Castle of Windsor, Leta President of the Council of War, Knight of the Garter, and first minister. Besides all these and many other posts and honours, he had a dukedom in expectancy. Since his aggrandisement, however, Buckingham's cha racter had naatorLilly changed. Affable at first to all, ho had becomo excessively haughty and d omineering, being inso lent even to his royal master. Boundlessly profuse in ex penditure, and insatiate, he well nigh drained James's coffers. his entertainments were superb, surpassing in splendour those of the king. His retinue was that of a prince; his carriage was drawn by six horses, and if ha rode forth a large escort attended him. No wonder that his insufferable arrogance and imperious deportment alienated his partisans and increased the number of his enemies—no wonder that his overthrow was frecitiently attempted. In vain. Buckingham proved too strong for his enemies. Favourite alike of father and son, of the king and the heir to the throne, he derided all opposition. Before the second of the two chapters now pub. !idled, heti been brought to its close, Jack and Tom Smith are fairly " upon their renowned love adventure ! Mr Buller, of the Western Circuit, has been appointed Recorder of P oole, in the place of Mr James Stephen, who had resigned.—Law limes of this day. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT QUEBEC.—A Que bec paper gives the follawing account of a landslip which recently occurred in that city :—About a quarter to five p.m. an iramense mass of rock loosened from the face of the cliff, r o ll e d d own with a terrific crash upon the street, beneath, completely crus hing the two houses, No. 53 and 60, eh --amplain- s t ree t, and considerably damaging No. 51, adj o i n i ng ' on the west s i de. Th e l atter building had the ba c k wall completely crus h e d i n, t h e front bulged out, and a vast flibUTO is the gable, render. ing it utterly unsaf e f or habitation. Tho d es t ruc ti on o f the two houses was co mp l ete. A mass o f ru i ne d masonr y, with fragments of beams, illors, and articles of furniture marked the spot occupied a fcw momenta before by the homes of happy families. The inmates of No. 60 escaped uninjured. The next building, No. 58, was occupied by Mr J. Hayden. The ground flat of this house was occupied by a sub-tenant, Patrick M'Cann, and his family, and attics by another sub-tenant, named Deegan, w ith his family. Hay den was killed, as was also his wife and daughter, and a daughter of his tenant, M'Cann. Among the wounded was a little boy of Hayden's, who was considerably cut about the face. Mrs M'Cann was also severely injured, and was sent to the hospital. Two young children of tho M'Cann family were also taken out slightly hurt. The case of Hay den is particularly melancholy. A moment before the acci dent occurred he was in conversation with a neighbour,and, observing stones roll!ng down the cliff, he remarked that there was some danger of a landslip. lle then went into his own home, but had hardly got inside in the door when the awful avalanche came down upon his 1101140, burying himself and his wife and child beneath." 5, 1864.` LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRANCO-ITALIAN CONVENTION, NOTE OF M. DROUYN DE LHUYS. PARIS, Nov. 5. M. Drouyn de Lhuys addressed a note to M. de Malaret, the Feench Ambassador at Turin, on the 30th ult., of which the following is a summary : The note of. Cavalier di Nigra, dated 15th Sep tember, neither completely represents the aspect of our negotiations, nor the sense which we attach, and which Italy ought to attach, to the engage ments of the Convention. The impression produced on both sides of the Alps proves this. The confusion arises from the ambiguity of some vague expressions. In the words "National rights and National aspirations," everybody reads what he fears or desires. There is some difficulty in explaining how Italian Royalty can one day be at Rome, when it appears to have engaged itself not to go there; for such anticipations do not naturally result from an examination of the Convention. Still these subtle problems none the less distract the public mind. It is for events to resolve them. Neither loyalty nor prudence permits a solution to be prematurely ecught for in vain hypothesis. I have therefore called forth proper explanations in order to remove rash or injurious inductions. These explanations may be summarised in the following propositions : —ltaly undertakes to forego the employment of the mar ce avres of revolutionary agents upon Pontifical territory, as well as every excitement tending to produce an insurrectionary movement. The moral means which Italy reserves to herself consist only in the force of civilisation and :progress. The only aspirations which the Court of Turin considers legitimate aro those whose object is the reconciliation of Italy with the Papacy . The transfer of the capital is a serious guarantee, but neither a provincial expedient nor a halting place. To suppress this pledge would be to destroy the contract. France reserves to herself the liberty of action in the event of a revolution at Rome. The Turin Cabinet maintains the policy of Cavonr, who declared that Rome could not be united to Italy nor become the,,capital without the consent of France. These are the different points which I have treated with Cavalier di Nigro, and upon which it appeared to me that we fully agreed. We do not reproach M. di Nigra with not having protested in his report against the nee of fraudulent means,,nor with having mentioned the possibility of the fall of the temporal power through an insur rection in the interior not provoked by foreign agitation. We think with Cavalier di Nigra that the dignity of the contracting parties, and a fee!. ing of expediency do not admit of such eventualities being mentioned in diplomatic documents. An ex cest of precaution becomes:in certain cases injurious. Futon account of the suppositions entertained by the extreme parties, we earnestly wish that this question should become clearly understood by the debates in the Dalian Parliament. A second despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, dated 2d Oct.., addressed to Baron do Malaret, says : "I have been of opinion, in, common with Cavalier di ' , Tigre, that the best means of finally terminating all divergences would be to exchange fresh expla nations on the subject in the presence of the. Em• peror, which was accordingly done yesterday. The Conference began by the reading of the report which Cavalier di Nigra had sent to Turin. "I thon communicated my own despatches, which were approved of by the Emperor. Cavalier di Nigra then read a letter addressed by him on the 3001 October to General La Marmara, which, in stating the engagement of the Court of Turin, re plied at the same time to the observations which his despatch of the 15th September had caused me to make. "I reverted to my previoas explanations, and then resmaied the examination of the different points summarised in my ee3patches of the 30th October, which I now confirm, and to which I refer ycu. On all these points we have concurred, and this hes been stated in a telegram sent by Cavalier di Nigra to Tarin.'s FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 4.—The Bank of France has re duced its rate of discount to 7 per cent., the charge for advances on Securities still remaining as before at 8 per cent. The market opened with firmness, and Threes, for the Account, improved to &sf. 10e. Sales for realisation have since caused them to re cede, and they are now unvaried at 64f. 9M. The Mobilier, which had been done at 900 f., is now at 890 f. The Railway Market has been similarly acted on; and many of the lines, which at first went up, are now a shade lower. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 9l 95 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end U month Credit Mobilie- B9O Do. end month BB5 Bank Shares 3:i95 Credit Fonder 1165 Roman Italian Loan — Do. end month 65 85 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican 481 Russian Austrian .. R 0 75 Spanieh Threes _ Rome Dabt Deferrea RA IL Orleans : ... Northern • • • • rATS. Cash. Account. 835 812 50 975 —98 J Lyoniand Mediterranean 887 50 892 50 Southern ..... , st'o 887 50 Western Eastern Sardinian 330 .. 332 50 AuAtrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa 465 465 Ditto to Barcelona LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK.-11fon1ay—Entomological, at 7. Royal Institu tion, at 2, general monthly meeting. Tu9sday—Anthropo logical, at 8, Inhabitants of Viti Islands,' Mr Pritchard; ' Astronomy of the Red Man,' Mr Bollaert. Zoological, at 9, Anthrophoid Apes,' Professor Huxley ; Balrenidte in Museums of Holland and Belgium;' New Species of Grampus,' Mr Flower ; Birds of Palestine,' Rev H. B, Tristram. Syro-Egyptian, at 71, Fragments of Egyptian Sculpture, Portico, Eath Museum,' Mr Bonomi. Ethnolo• gical, at 8, ' Report of Proceedings at Bath ;" Rude Tribes, S. India,' Dr Shortt ; ' Fixity of Type,' Rev F. W. Farrar. Irednesd7y—Society:of Literature, at 41. Geological, at 8, Fossil Corals from Jamaica,' Mr Duncan ; Correlation of the Irish Cretaceous Beds,' Mr Sate; ' Earthquake at St Helena, Aug. 15, 1864,' Sir C. Elliott. Friday-. Astron omical, at B.—Aaenceuni. FORCED TO TH ed." ALTAR."—Oa Monday morn ing, a youthful couple, with attendant groomsman and bridesmaid, set out for the register-office, at Merthyr, to be united in the holy bond of matrimony. On the way, however, it was deemed necessary to screw their courage to the sticking point to brave the tryingordeal by a draught of some stimulant. For the purpose of accomplishing this the whole party turned into an inn, and called for the necessary liquor. Whilst musing on the approaching end t.,f his bachelor hood the bridegroom suddenly got up and swore that he would not be a fool nor a " deluded wietim" that day. The bride demanded an explanation, and her beloved said that, after giving the matter consideration, he had come to the conclu sion that the sacrifice was greater than he could bear, and he could not, nay, would not marry her. The ladies were in a fix, when the groomsman hit on a plan, and told the ladies to go and walk boldly into the register office. They did so. Having persuaded h's friend that he had got rid of them, he got the bridegroom to walk into the street with him and cautiously he led him towards the dreaded goal. When close to it the faithless swain rushed into a publichouse, but wa promptly stopped by his beat man, who, on this occasion, proved his better man, and seizing him with a firm grasp, carried him across the road and thrust him into the office, where he was confronted by his trembling spouse, and awed into obedience by the presence of the registrar, who speedily bound them "indissolubly firm," Some time ago a couple went from Penrheolgerrig to be married, but the bridegroom walked off with the money which the bride had given him to pay the registrar, and lost it in playing pitch and toss with his companions. The wedding had thus to be put off till the next duy, when tLe young woman kept a sharp look out for het lord, nor left him till she had secured his person if not his allegisace,— .on42‘ ross, The Funeral of Mr. John Leech. Yesterday morning the remains of the late Mr. John Leech were consigned to their last resting place in All Souls' Cemetery, Kensal-green. Many carriages and a larger concourse of mourning friends than is common on such occasions attended his body to the cemetery chapel, and, as they passed along on their melancholy errand, there was a marked and unusual manifestation of sympathy on the part of the tenants of the thoroughfares thrcugh which they proceeded to the cemetery. It was as if the letter knew that a great artistic genius had ceased to exist, and were deeply interested in the tribute which his friends and admirers were thus paying to his cherished memory. There was no mistaking the sentiment of those who lined the roads or thronged the paths up to the cemetery chapel. The procession arrived at the gate of a e cemee tery shortly after Lalf-past cue. The carriages passed up the broad roadway towards the north of the cemetery, and drew up in front of the chapel, the bell of which had been mournfully tolling while the procession was slowly moving onwards. The pall-bearers were :—Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. Shirley Brooks, Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. J. E. Mil lais, R A., Mr. Horace Mayhew, Mr. F. M. Evans (Bradbury and Evans, proprietors of Punch), Mr. John Tenniel, Mr. Samuel Lucas, Mr. F. C. Bur nand, and Mr. Henry Silver. There were seven mourning coaches, the first three being occupied by members and friends of the deceased's family, including Mr. John Leech (his father), Captain Charles Eaton and Mr. T. Eaton (his brothers-in law), Mr. Hayward, Mr. Armstrong, Dr. Qaain, 1)r. Walsh, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. John Denton, Mr. Charles Adams, &e. In the last four car• riages were 16 gentlemen, all more or less, with one exception, associated with Mr. Leech in his relation to Punch, the exception being the Rev. S. R. Hole, who read the service over the grave. The first of these four carriages were occupied by Mr Shirley Brooks, Mr Evens, sera, Mr J. E. Millais, R A., and the Rev. Mr Hole; the second by Mr Tom Taylor, Mr S. Lucas, Mr John Tenniel, and Mr H. Mayhew; the third by Mr H. Silver, Mr C. Keane, Mr F. C. Burnand, Mr W. Bradbury, jun., and Mr G. Da Manlier; the fourth by Mr Mark Lemon, Mr R. IL Howard, Mr Evans, jun., and Mr F, Joyce. In the cemetery among the crowd were Captain Sherard Osborn and Comman der Heath, R.N. ; Mr Charles Dickens, Mr Dallas, Mr W. H. Russell, Mr P. Leigh, Mr W. Topham, Mr Edmund Yates, Mr German Reed, Mr H. K. Browne (Phi;.), Mr J, C. Parkinson, Mr A. Halli.. day, Mr W. P. Frith, R.A., Mr T. Landecer, the Rev. Mr Lyto, Mr Gruneisen, Mr George Cruick shank, Mr G. Turner, Mr Creswick (the tragedian) llr Richard Doyle, Mr Marcus Stone, Mr W. Brun ton, Mr G. Hodder, Mr Blackett (Hurst and Blac kett), Dr Hood, Mr O'Neil, Mr Elmore, Mr George Russell, Mr Freeman, the Rev. Mr Gibson, Mr A. Lewis, Mr W. King, the Rev. Horace Roberts, the Rev. Mr Currey (preacher at the Charterhouse), Mr F. Koyvett, Mr A. B. Kelly, Mr O'Dowd and Mr Orridge (barristers), Mr Gilbert, Mr E. Murray, Mr Philip, R.A., &c. The arrangements for the funeral were conducted by Mr W. Garstin, of Welbeck-street. The hearse used on 'this occasion was the same that conveyed the remains of the late Douglas Jerrold to the grave. It was not the unsightly oblong box upon wheels which is usually employed at funerals in this country, but a light open carriage, of a gracefully curved shape, having on each aide an escutcheon with the initials J. L., and the coffin and pall being fully visible. As soon as the coffin was placed upon the trestles and the mourners had taken their places, the friends of the deceased entered the chapel, while the first part of the Barial Service was solemnly read by the Rev. Charles Stuart, of King's College, London. the remainder of the service was read at the grave itself by the Rev. S. R. Hole, an intimate and che rished friend of the deceased, and the coffin was lowered into the grave with an accompaniment of visible emotion on the part of those surrounding it, which is rarely witnessed at the interment of either a good or a great mmn, but which was singularly intensified here where the good and great man were one. How many who locked down into that deep grave recalled the familiar charm of their life, vt hich they owed to the cunning of that practised hand, which lay there still and motionless! How many, above the average even of a popular mauls friends, bewailed the fatal numbness of that manly and tender heart! "For Lycidas was dead, dead ere his Frime, Young Lycidas, and had not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ?" Who would not rather mourn when a spirit so gentle and graceful had passed away, and even its mortal frame had gone forth from our sight for ever P He was buried with one grave only between him and Thackeray, who was his schoolfellow at Char ter-house and his attached friend through life. It was no further back than the commencement of thib rery year that he stood weeping for his friend, pro bably on the very spot where his own monument will be erected. Metropolitan Board of Works, The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropoli tan Board of Works was held yesterday at their offices, Spring.gardens ; Mr John Thwaitcs, the chairman, presiding. The financial statement showed that the cash balances in the hands of the treasurer were—on current accounts, £363,644 12s 91; on deposit ac counts, £176 800 ; and on Government securities, £107,244 18s 21. THE DEPUTATION OF THE BOARD TO CARLISLE AID EDINBURGH. --- Major LYON wished to know who bore the ex pense of the deputation to Carlisle and Edinburgh to inspect the drainage works of those places, and whether the Board paid for those members who stayed down there for their own pleasure, The CHAIRMAN said that the expense of the deputation down and back was borne by the board, but the arrangement that was made wa.., that there should be just sufficient time allowed to inspect the works, and return, and that those who chose to stay longer were to pay all extra expenses. Several members had availed themselves of the opportu nity to take a little pleasure, and had paid the ex tra money for it, Mr GRELIN and Mr H. LOWMAN TAYLOR, who wero unable to go, expressed their satisfaction at the arrangement. The CHAIRMAN said that a report of their in speeion wcu'.d be drawn up and laid before the board. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT AND THE PRESS. The CHAIRMAN called attention to the fact, that an his return from Edinburgh he saw two letters in the morning papers, one from their engineer man ono from bee engineer of the Tnames ,Conservancy. It appeared to him that there was some official irregularity, and he should like to ask their engi• neer whether he had any knowledge of them. Mr SAVAGE said he had become acquainted with the letters from seeing them in the papers, and he wished to know whether they were a part of the official correspondence of the board, and whether they were on the minutes of their proceedings. The CHAIRMAN said they were a portion of the correspondence of the board, but had not yet been read, and were canseTtently not on their minutes. He wanted to know from Mr Bazalgette whether he sent those letters, or vv ht , ther ho had any know. ledge of how they got into the papers. Mr BAZILGETTE said he had no knowledge of how they got into the papers, for ha had sent none, The CHAIRMAN said there was no objection to the publio being acquainted with the nature of those letters, but he thought there had been some official irregularity somewhere, and that attention shou'd be drawn to it. Mr H. L. TAYLOR was certain the information had emanated from one board or the other, and it was right that the matter should be inquired into. Thar engineer had disclaimed all know ledge of the letters being published, and it was right they should know it any person had got in formation for supplying the public press before it got to the board. He moved that the subject be referred to the Thames Embankment Committee. Mr ROBERT TAYLOR seconded the motion, which Was carried uutinirxtvutily. eitani,„ HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov.' Her Majesty, accompanied by their P; Highnesses Princess Helena and Prince Leg ° went to Wellington College today. tiO The suite in attendance consisted of the Coll% of Caledon, the Hon. Fiore Macdonald, Colanai; Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, Lord Charles Fitzroy', Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. The Quen, on arriving at the college, vca ceived by the R.t.v. E. W. Benson, head masteo went over the whole of the establiEbrnent. Her Mej:_sty went by special trains of the u r l i Western and South-Epstein Railways, and return by the road. 0 11 Her Royal Highness Princess Louise wen t driving. Prince Albert Victor also took a carriage drip Visit of Her Majesty to Wellington Colleg; Yesterday morning her Majesty, aceorepaei ed . o 6 their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Pl l Leopold, and attended by Colonel the Hon. Sttty B. Phipps, Lord C. Fitzroy, Colonel Harding e if Countess of Caledon, and the Hon. Flora o ' o donald, left Windsor Castle about ten o'cloe the purpose of paying a visit to Wellington Col lel t The royal party drove from the Castle in t if t ° o the carriages belonging to the Queen's eeta b ': d o ment to the Windsor Station of the Great Ai r e s ' Railway, where a special train, furnished bY, i oli South-Eastern Railway Company, consisting of engine, two saloons, the royal saloon (a most tlt gant cerriege, lined with rich amber coloured and beautifully ornamented with panel pele tiii :o in the centre, two first-class carriages, an' break vans, was in readiness, under the cherP t y Mr Knight, the traffic superintendent of the 6° ; 1 0 1 Eastern Railway ; Mr. Tyrrell, the superinteP o i —Mr Kelley, the divisional superintendeut - r d Messrs. Burlingson and Matthews of the u o i Western Railway—while Mr. T. W. Wright t charge of the engine on behalf of the latter liee; Her Majesty, the prince and princess, and sailon arriving at the terminus, immediately aligh t from the carriages which had brought thee' flit the Costle, and, passing through the privatel!.l.o ing room to the platform, carpeted with eril,l cloth, where the court and railway official ° t o stationed themselves, at once took their seatal ° royal train. if The special train left Windsor at 10.15, an d t i rel l ceeded along the narrow gauge r ail s o f the ' 0; 1 Western Railway at a moderate pace, via 61° ,0 Junction, after leaving which the speed 0 quickened, and the royal train, rapidly 1 3° , e6 t 1 Maidenhead and Twyford, soon arrive d 4, Reading, where, under the superintendee ee te r, Mr Carter, the station-master, a South -18 `114 engine was attached to it, and the train 810 01 from the Great Western Railway to apt Reading branch of the South-E Astern systein. journey was then continued via Earley and W° k A ham, past the picturesque estate of BeariVe°"fol the Wellington College Station, where the l ° ( 1 0 , passengers arrived at half-past eleven. Her e preparations had been made by Mr. Tyle r '. o l station-master, the pl a tfo r m h av i ng been car c- for the reception of the Queen. In the station'• two of the Queen's carriages, which had be e° ,o l spafched from Windsor, were waiting the e r ' it te of the royal travellers. Both were open, be t t ort jesty being drawn by four grey horses; the for the suite, by the same number of bays. o ' l , - 0 0 4 it was scarcely known in the quiet neighb °°r n , of the college that the Queen intended visiting re d establishment, most of the inhabitants had e t d e et ° near the little station and on the railway ' t beif cat3h a glimpse of royalty and welcom e Sovereign. itle es° On quitting the train, her Majesty, f le e Helena, and Prince Leopold, with Lady Ca entered the first carriage, the second b e ing O . ,YV` by Colonel Phipps, Colonel H ar di nge, and the, tae Flora Macdonald, and a few minutes arter' i d the royal cortege swept along the narrow ce uri ;te road, skirted by the dark fir - trees, on its 01 ,111 that noblest monument of one of Beg ltl e li g e greatest heroes, Welli ng t on C o l lege. Th e °°' ii 1 0 10 the foundation-stone of which was laid by the 01 Prince Consort, i s an erect i on o f re d briell te stone, of considerable ext en t, an d, b e ing eit °B 4l4 almost in the midst o f a b a rren li t e " r ot country, interspers e d wi t h fi r woods, 6 0 °o' rather a conspicuous object from the lf ford and Reeding Railway. About a quar t ' ) a ts twelve the royal party arrived at the Queen 10 the principal entrance on the north front building, when, on leaving the equipage, be , r otl it° jesty, the members of the royal family arnev.94 were received by the Rev. E. W. Bensoel Principal of the College, Mrs. Benson and f° Miss Benson, and Mr. Lyne, the college ' ) t en ft , Her Majesty, very gracieusly conversing W it 'AO and Mrs, Benson, then commenced her insP e- t liit of the various arrangements of the college"; 01 being the Queen's first visit since the death ( Y i d Prince Consort. The "great school," a bail div ;s l the middle of the quadrangle, with the boye bus ; r ll their lessons, was first examined, the royal P Sa d next proceeding through the dormitories' pe e thence into the master s ' di n i ng -h a ll an d Mr' ho re son's private class room s . Wh a t appeared' tideever, most to attract th e roya l a tt en tion fi l ;,itsk boys' dining-hall, a spl en did c h am b er , with tion oak roof, panelled, and paved with e° l°- 10f encaustic tiles, in which tables were laid rea d ! 00 dining upwards of 250 of the collegians. F re ` - ho ta latter the royal party p asse d t o th e kit c hen, 11- 00 0 it being a " boil e d-m ea t d ay ," th ree l arg e e ° P,` B , o were bubbling fat, the odour from whie li 108 excellent tokens of the quality of the forthe e ' - te tf repast. Passing through a corridor on the ens 1 1 side of the b u ildi ng , t h e Q ueen reac h e d t he libretto/ where Mr. Spurtin g , th e lib rar i an, s h owe d t 1. 5 00 case the coat worn during service by the lat e "0 1 of Wellington, which is preserved and 5110 1 D 8 relic of the hero in whose memory the c olleg e ar il been founded. From the library the royallo proceeded to the pretty littl e c h ape l ( one ef '1;0! works), at the entrance to which her Majes t y met by the two vergers, Messrs Ri c hardsel i e Holder, and conducted through the sacred e u ri si the stone carving of the walls and the fine work of the masters' stalls attracting much 11 6 ,0 sion. Mr T. Edmond s , th e organ i s t o f the e b was in attendance, and had the honour of Of t pi in the Queen's p resence , an an d an t e movemengef' Stephens and an ex t empore so l o on the "" From the chapel the ro y a l p ar ty wa lked ill t f ° te r grounds on the south of the college, whey/ a be io/, temporary inspection of a n ew ho u se which i ° as , built for the resid ence o f th e p r i nc ip a l, they P o es S to the sanatorium, a detached building on th e e we of the college, a visit to Mr Benson's resideeee ing the inspection, 11111 Just before her Majesty took her departetti f, scholars of the co ll ege were d raw n up, Nv i it ro os assistant mast ers an d p re f en t s , across the queu' l , in front of the Queen's-gate, and in a few ! d i to ti li afterwards the boys were given a halfeh° ll ll honour of her Majesty's visit, upon Wh ic ie youngsters rushed in high glee from the gal - a stationed themselves on both sides of the 11 which the royal party were to return. be e Shortly afterwards, at a quarter to 011° 'i,e 0 ' Majesty, with the Princess Helena and Frill e d ° 0 0 , pold, having taken leave of th e p r incipal all Benson, entered the carriages in which WS el ° been driven from the stati on , and left by r° l l l l ,,;io fi s Blackwater, for Wind sor C as tl e , the C° ;4l 1°- heartily cheering the royal party as they , building. Her Majesty o arrived at the Castle in the o of the afterno on . tbe His Excellency the Russian A m bassador f3 O l , Baroness Brunnow are expected to arrive at 013501. House on Wednesday next, from Brighton, whe re tile ' been sojourning for the last few weeks. 0 ;it The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort will 1,0" Gopsall to-day or to-morrow, on a visit to Lord and -0 34 Londesborougb, at Grimston Park, near Tadcaste' shire. s l' The Marquis of Hastings has arrived at Cieorge's 1-19 tel.